diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index d57aa1fd56..844fc4dc61 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -5767,10 +5767,13 @@ (define-public rust-libgit2-sys-0.8
       (origin
         (method url-fetch)
         (uri (crate-uri "libgit2-sys" version))
-        (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".crate"))
+        (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
         (sha256
          (base32
-          "0y2mibmx7wy91s2kmb2gfb29mrqlqaxpy5wcwr8s1lwws7b9w5sc"))))
+          "0y2mibmx7wy91s2kmb2gfb29mrqlqaxpy5wcwr8s1lwws7b9w5sc"))
+        (modules '((guix build utils)))
+        (snippet
+         '(begin (delete-file-recursively "libgit2") #t))))
     (properties '((hidden? . #t)))))
 
 (define-public rust-libgit2-sys-0.7